First art show

Art gallery season to open

“You Have Not Seen: Roots and Wings,” an installation of art by Christa Reuel, will
open the 2013-14 schedule in Bluffton University’s Grace Albrecht Gallery, located
in the Sauder Visual Arts Center.

Opening Aug. 26, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Sept. 22, when
a reception will be held for Reuel from 2-4 p.m. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

A native of New Holland, Pa., Reuel earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting
and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008. Interested in exploring
how art and spirituality intersect, the Leicester, N.C., resident is currently working
on interactive projects with her husband, singer-songwriter Jonathan Reuel. She is
also co-founder of Dandelion Seed Company, an artist network.

“You Have Not Seen,” says Reuel, “draws heavily from incidents in my life that seemed
to imply that God either didn’t care or didn’t exist (and we are all alone down here
in our suffering).

“In these times, I’ve sensed/seen the cracked, broken mountains being filled in and
healed; I’ve tracked a bird soaring on the wind, beautiful in the midst of a dense
fog that blocked all vision,” she adds. “I’ve sensed that I don’t know the whole picture
and have begun to accept the admonition to not judge too quickly, but to wait and
act in the midst of suffering. To hope and not despair.”